US Catholic Charities Forced to Disclose Whether They Provide Immigrants with Abortions

Charities providing help to immigrant children must provide contraception to youngsters, according to government regulations

The American Civil Liberties Union is taking the US federal
government to court to find out whether Catholic Charities are providing
abortions to illegal immigrants.

According to Vox, the ACLU is filing
the unusual lawsuit to find out whether illegal unaccompanied migrants
have access to contraception and abortion while being cared for by
Catholic charities.

The Catholic Church works as a federal contractor in its work housing
unaccompanied children, and which means it must conform to government
regulations regarding healthcare.

The Office of Refugee Resettlement, which looks after illegal
immigrants before being rehoused with relatives in the US, contracts out
numerous services to charities, with seven states involving the US
Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).

Last December, the federal government stated that if a minor is raped
while in a US facility than the provider is required to access to
abortion if she requests it. They are also obliged to provide
contraception.

In February the bishops conferences wrote a letter expressing strong
opposition. In response the ACLU is now suing the federal government
under the Freedom of Information Act.

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